#9F9616#9F9616

#9F9616 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.135 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9616
RGB	rgb(159, 150, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -10.03, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 61.63, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.035 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.135 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3504, 29.2426, 5.0680)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9616 #161F9F

analogous

#9F5116 #9F9616 #649F16

triadic

#9F9616 #169F96 #96169F

tetradic

#9F9616 #169F51 #161F9F #9F1664

square

#9F9616 #169F51 #161F9F #9F1664

split-complementary

#9F9616 #16649F #51169F

monochromatic

#333107 #69630F #9F9616 #D5C91D #E6DC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9F9616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9F9616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9616

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9616	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 150, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.135 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b463',
    500: '#9f9616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9616;
$custom-light: #c0b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66033,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9616

secondary

#4A52C7

accent

#42F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9616

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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